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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-12-1 (2019)

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✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.”

History

Code 1981, § 10-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 698, § 1/HB 126.

Annotations

Cross references. Electronic records, signatures and filing documents, § 44-2-35 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case: State of Georgia v. Fed. Def. Prog., Inc., 315 Ga. 319 (Ga. 2022).
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State of Georgia v. Fed. Def. Prog., Inc., 315 Ga. 319 (Ga. 2022). · cites it 4× “See OCGA § 10-12-1 et seq. (as amended by Ga.”
Davis v. Harpagon Co., LLC, 637 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 2006). · cites it 2× “in this instance was not properly signed pursuant to the Electronic Records and Signatures Act, OCGA § 10-12-1 et seq., she admits that this act did not become effective until April 22,1997, after the fi.”
Georgia Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Just., 907 S.E.2d 817 (Ga. 2024). · cites it 4× “Moreover, under general principles of contract law, a contract can be “memorialized in an e- mail for purposes of determining whether the State has waived its sovereign immunity,” and the Georgia Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, OCGA § 10-12-1 et seq., applies to a State…”
Richard Andrew Just. v. Georgia Dep't of Pub. Saf. (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “14 See OCGA § 10-12-2 (8) (for purposes of GUETA, an “‘Electronic signature’ means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically 11 anyone other than Justice.”
Maria Cristina Valle Galeana v. Erin Mccommon (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 10-12-1 et seq. 19 Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 44 concerns the recording of deeds and other real property transactions.”
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